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Deepak Shodhan

Roshan Harshadlal Shodhan

Born: 18 October 1928, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Major Teams: Gujarat, Baroda, India.
Known As: Deepak Shodhan
Also Known As: Deepak Harshadlal Shodhan
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Medium


Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Calcutta, 5th Test, 1952/53
Last Test:
India v West Indies at Kingston, 5th Test, 1952/53

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    4   1   181  110   60.33   1   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              10      3    26    0    -     -      0   0    -   2.60

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1946/47 - 1961/62)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   43   64   7  1802  261   31.61    4   27   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             2486   73  34.05  5-49    3   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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The case of `Deepak' Shodhan is one of the most baffling in the history of Indian cricket. An attractive left handed batsman, he made a memorable debut against Pakistan in the fifth Test at Calcutta in 1952-53. Coming in at No 8, with the total 179 for six, he propped up the latter half of the order so effectively that India ultimately totalled 397. Shodhan was last out for 110, becoming the first player to score a hundred in the first innings of his first Test for India. He was immediately hailed as a bright new star on the Indian batting horizon and on the tour of West Indies which followed immediately he got 45 and 11 in the first Test at Port of Spain. Injuries however kept him out of the next three Tests and when brought back for the final Test, he was taken ill on the first day and could not bat in the first innings. In the second innings he got up from the sick bed, went in at No 10 and scored 15 not out at a critical time when India were in some danger of losing the match.

At the end of the tour Shodhan had scored 181 runs in three Tests at an average of 60 plus. Astonishingly, that remained the extent of his Test career for he was never again picked to play for the country. He however continued to play in the Ranji Trophy till the early sixties and had a record of 1235 runs (33.37) and 59 wickets (30.32) with his left arm medium pacers in the National competition. He had four centuries in all in a first class career that stretched from 1946 to 1962. (Partab Ramchand)


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